EARTHKEEPING NEWS A NEWSLETTER OF THE NORTH AMERICAN COALITION FOR CHRISTIANITY AND ECOLOGY Volume Seven, Number Six September/October 1998 ST. FRANCIS Saint Francis spoke to the swallows settled on the spires and rooftops of Alverno, to the small fishes in the pool by the roadside, to the wolf who had been eating the children of Gubbio. He bade them to praise God, and be at peace. St. Francis spoke to the lords of the land, to the pope and princes of the church, and to the poor and the sick and the outcast. St. Francis bade them to hear again what Christ had plainly said, and then, simply, to do it. St. Francis spoke to God, but in those conversations, mostly he listened. from Collects and Contemplations (unpublished) 1997, by Rev. Edward Tyler, Lyme NH   Home     Table of Contents